Vocabulary 2024-2025

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Across
  1. 2. set out on or begin something
  2. 3. reduce in quantity
  3. 4. a custom that forbids discussion of a particular subject
  4. 5. stop oneself or others from doing something
  5. 9. bothered
  6. 11. drive, push, or cause to move in a particular direction, usually forward
  7. 12. marked by concise, accurate expression without wasted words
  8. 15. in a state of severe disrepair
  9. 16. gradually decline in effectiveness or vigor due to underuse or neglect
  10. 18. in its original condition, unspoiled
  11. 20. move swiftly in an uncontrolled way
  12. 21. to praise formally
  13. 22. to make richer and enhance the taste of by the addition or increase of some desirable quality
Down
  1. 1. to contemptuously mock and insult with remarks or sounds
  2. 3. move without obstruction
  3. 6. to fade away
  4. 7. the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration or worthless
  5. 8. easily frightened
  6. 9. causing death or leading to failure or disaster
  7. 10. to refuse boldly to obey or give in; to resist attempts at
  8. 13. argued against
  9. 14. rudely brief
  10. 17. excess in number or quantity
  11. 19. to delight in
  12. 20. influence or power